Talk:Museum of Natural History Berlin - 2013 Seminar

From Embryology

Good morning, I apologise that my talk today will not be in German.

Gutenmorgen, entschuldige mich ich, dass mein Gespräch heute nicht auf Deutsch ist.


Animal Models

  • Experimental embryology - involving manipulation of animal models.
  • Imaging development - electron microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, confocal microscopy, ultrasound, tomography.
  • Research fields - molecular biology, in vitro fertilisation, stem cells.
Chick E12.jpg Adult frogs 01.jpg Rat.jpg Mouse E0-E5.jpg Fly antennapedia head.jpg Larvae1.png
Chicken Development Frog Development Rat Development Mouse Development Fly Development Zebrafish Development

Recent Embryology Education

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Trends in anatomy disciplines contact teaching hours based on data from USA survey.

Embryo Serial Sections

Microfiche reader.jpg Microfiche Reader used in Medicine and Science classes from 1975 to 1995.

View embryo section 49 images (7x7 matrix) in 3 sets:


  1. Stage 13 Embryo (mid-embryonic period)
  2. Stage 22 Embryo (end embryonic period)
  3. Selected Stage 22 images (selected organs and tissues from end embryonic)


Identify key organs and tissues in these sections and compare appearance at different periods of development.

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